MO: Black Man with Gun Saves Police Officer, Receives Award

By Dean Weingarten

Opinion

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- -On 4 June 2018, Springfield police officers engaged in a gunfight with Joshua S. Stanford. Stanford was being pursued in a suspected package theft. He shot at police, and the cops shot back. From news-leader.com:

That’s when police say the suspect produced a handgun and fired at officers.

The officers were not hit.

An officer caught up to Stanford in an alley behind 2109 N. Fort Ave. The release says Stanford “presented a threat with the firearm and refused to comply with verbal commands from the officer” and the officer shot Stanford.

Police have not yet released the name of the officer involved.

Note the address, 2109 N. Fort Avenue. Not noted at the time, was that a black man with a concealed carry permit, risked his life to aid a police officer in the middle of a gunfight when the officer’s firearm had jammed.

Jerry Pendergrass had a concealed carry permit. Jerry’s address was at 2115 N. Fort Avenue. He had a firearm. A gunfight had started …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand